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PSC Finds S.C. Utility Withheld Information About Failed Nuke Project

The South Carolina Public Service Commission ruled Jan. 14 that South Carolina Electric & Gas representatives withheld “material, and even potentially decisive, information” from state officials during their management of the now-abandoned V.C. Summer nuclear project. The finding comes one month after the PSC approved Dominion Energy’s purchase of SCANA Corp., the parent company of SCE&G.

In what the PSC called a “clear and unequivocal finding,” the commission found SCE&G acted “imprudently by not disclosing material, and even potentially decisive, information to ORS (Office of Regulatory Staff) and the Commission.” Additionally, “Due to the lack of transparency—the lack of forthrightness—with regard to reports and studies available to the Company, this Commission was effectively denied the opportunity to fully consider the prudency of continuing to expend resources on the project with all information available at the time. Under any definition of the term prudence, the Company was imprudent in its actions in this case with regard to costs incurred after March 12, 2015.”

Events

On March 21, 2019, hundreds of your colleagues will gather at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York City for ENR's 54th Annual Award of Excellence Black-Tie Gala. Just like past events, in 2019 you will have the opportunity to network with more than 1,000 construction leaders and make critical connections, while joining us to celebrate the Top 25 Newsmakers for their achievements in 2018 and be inspired by the Award of Excellence Winner.